Birthdays and a Wedding: Week in Review

In this blog series, we report on the production progress and other news of The Expanse. During production, we issued blogs weekly, but as production has wrapped for Season 4, we intend to issue them biweekly. We will feature news from the show (cast, production crew, writers, etc.), media, and the community and collect the latest social media and press activity. We hope this series is useful for those who are not able to closely monitor social media, but who want an easy way to catch up on all the latest Expanse happenings.

March was a month of Rocinante crew birthdays! Cas Anvar (Alex Kamal), our favorite Rocinante pilot, celebrated his birthday on March 15. Our favorite Roci captain, Steven Strait (JamesHolden) celebrated a birthday March 23! Happy Birthday, Cas and Steven! Our cocktail duo reminded us of the “James Holden” cocktail. Yum. March, the last two weeks especially, were incredible for Cara Gee (Camina Drummer). Her film, Red Rover, was warmly received by the Canadian Film Fest, and opened March 19. Oh, and she also did this little thing called MARRIAGE! Congrats, Cara!

To catch up on the previous week in review updates, check out our last post.

Production

Despite the conclusion of main production, there is still activity. Notably, Additional Dialog Recording (ADR). ADR is dubbing, mixing or re-recording, a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production in which additional or supplementary recordings are “mixed” with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack. The process usually takes place on a dub stage. Wes Chatham shares his recent ADR session.

Cast & Crew

In addition to birthday and marriage fun, our cast and crew were up to other hijinks.

This filmmaking podcast, In Love With The Process, features Jeremy Benning, who is a cinematographer for The Expanse. He is who we have to thank for this show’s beauty.

We have noticed the interesting divide of people who love the books, and the books only, those who love both the books and the television series and those who will only watch the television series. It’s fascinating and we don’t fall on any one side. The “For winter nights – A bookish blog” counts itself amongst the first camp. This review CONTAINS SPOILERS. So, consider yourself warned.

Also containing spoilers, The Verge’s “11 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out for the rest of March” lists Tiamat’s Wrath. But, be warned that the description of the book alone is spoilery.

While not everyone is thrilled with comparisons between Game of Thrones and The Expanse, some articles provide interesting commentary. GQ magazine’s Joshua Rivera compares the two with The Expanse coming out favorably, and discusses what makes The Expanse such a terrific show. And, well, it’s GQ!

One aspect that stands out in the design of The Expanse is the hairstyles. They really help with providing a feeling of being in a different time and place, plus, there are certain styles that mark factions. However, Ian Levy, writing for Fansided, does not necessarily share this opinion…

One thing everyone can agree on, though, is that the makers of The Expanse are fanatical about scientific integrity in the show. Katie Mack, commissioned by the Sloan Museum of the Moving Image, addresses The Expanse’s Accurate Physics.

Community

We have a lovely selection of fan work to share this fortnight. Plus, check out Kasza’s protomolecule container under Three D or other art – amazing. Don’t forget to alert us to art that we might have missed.

This CLEVER book was made by The Bookish Bruja on Instagram. Make sure to click through on all the images in this second post! There is terrific art contained within.

Paine x McTane have released another three cocktails. Cocktail 77, the Canterbury’s XO; 78, the Belter Hottie; and 79, the “grimy belter.” What makes these cocktails wonderful, besides alcohol and great ingredients, is that each of the drinks features something from the show, and there is an insightful commentary which comes along with instructions for making the drink.

Such an exciting two weeks! March turned out to be a great month for fans and cast alike.

For those interested, our detailed record of Expanse-related web activity for this month (assembled by SkalmanIsDaMan) is available here. As always, if we missed something you think belongs in this article, please get in touch with us and let us know!